New York Chapter No. 1 of Blue Star Mothers of America signed a lease Tuesday with the federal government on a house at the VA Medical Center campus. The house will serve as a headquarters for the organization’s military support programs, project coordinator Ann Wido said.

The group will lease the home for free but will have to pay for repairs and utilities. It will serve as a home base for Blue Star Mothers, which serves soldiers and their families.

The organization collects and ships medical supplies and blankets to bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, offers free suits to returning veterans going on job interviews, and performs other services.

The group seeks volunteers to help with remodeling the house. For more information, visit the Web site at www.blue-starmothersny1.org.